Owdboggy is right - and you learn something every day - I found this out -

"Pokeweed is beneficial to wildlife particularly birds which eat the ripe berries. But before thinking of planting pokeweed to attract birds, the plant has its downsides. The primary consideration: pokeweed is very toxic to mammals. Even handling pokeweed to remove it can cause serious blood abnormalities. Pokeweed contains a 'soup' of toxins--lectins, mitogens, and saponins--that are readily absorbed through abrasions and cuts in the skin"

We have it and my hands are often full of holes, but then I never pull it out, only cut down the seed heads, it is a dreadful sefl seeding thing here. I like it. There is one with variegated leaves too, but that died on me.